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Bethania Palma

Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to local government to national politics. She has written for a variety of publications as a staffer and freelancer, including the Los Angeles News Group, the LAist, LA School Report, the OC Weekly and Raw Story. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and an M.A. in history from California State University at Northridge. When researching bizarre phenomena, she's holding out for the day when the conclusion will be, "Aliens did it."

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Were Black Lives Matter Protests in Ferguson Funded by Russia?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 10, 2017

Twitter sleuths alleged that the racial justice movement was funded by the Putin administration, ...

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Passenger Dragged by Force from a United Airlines Flight

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 10, 2017

Airport police bloodied a man's lip as they pulled him out of his seat to make room for United e ...

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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Two Explosions That Killed at Least 45 Egyptian Christians

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 9, 2017

The blasts in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria targeted Coptic Christian churches dur ...

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Did Ben Carson Discover $500 Billion in Accounting Errors at HUD?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 7, 2017

An audit of Housing and Urban Development's books was carried out by the Office of the Inspector ...

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Twitter Sues to Protect Identities of Users Running 'Alt-Government' Accounts

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 7, 2017

The social media platform says its users have the constitutional right to criticize the governme ...

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Elizabeth Warren Pays Female Staffers Less Than Their Male Counterparts?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 6, 2017

A report claiming Sen. Warren pays women less than men doesn't take into account the differing j ...

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Two Men Kicked Out of an All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant for Eating All They Could?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 4, 2017

It's unclear whether the men were really ejected from the restaurant for eating too much, or jus ...

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Did an Immigrant Make a Girl Sick by Putting Peanut Butter in Her Sandwich?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 4, 2017

A 2016 lawsuit does not claim that the child with peanut allergies was deliberately poisoned by ...

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Former Blackwater Founder Allegedly Held Meeting with Russians in Seychelles

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 3, 2017

The Washington Post reported that Erik Prince met in the Seychelles and presented himself as an ...

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Maid Filmed Falling from a Window by Her Employer?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 3, 2017

International news media are reporting that the maid's employer was arrested for filming the wom ...

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Is President Donald Trump Considering Resignation?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 31, 2017

A number of web sites are citing a tweet about President's Trump's possible resignation that con ...

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Did George W. Bush Describe President Trump's Inauguration as 'Some Weird Sh*t'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 31, 2017

According to reports, three unnamed witnesses heard Bush refer to the 45th president's inaugurat ...

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Crime in Sweden, Part III: Does Sweden Have 'No-Go Zones' Where the Police Can't Enter?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 31, 2017

Swedish police have identified “problem areas,” but say there is no such thing as a “no-go zone.”

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Activists Threaten to Spill Congress' Browsing Histories After Privacy Rollback Vote

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 30, 2017

One activist says he plans to create a searchable tool that allows constituents to look up legis ...

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Crime in Sweden, Part II: Are Refugee Men Overrepresented in Swedish Crime?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 30, 2017

Claims that newly-arrived asylum seekers are causing a crime wave in Sweden are not supported by ...

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Is Devin Nunes Invested in a Wine Company That Does Business in Russia?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 29, 2017

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee owns stock in a California winery that says the ...

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Crime In Sweden, Part I: Is Sweden the 'Rape Capital' of Europe?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 29, 2017

Claims that Sweden leads the world in sexual assault and rape are not supported by data.

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Did the IRS 'Fast Track' Tax-Exempt Status for 'After School Satan' Clubs?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 28, 2017

The Internal Revenue Service granted nonprofit status in 2014 to an organization that now sponso ...

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Did President Trump Give German Chancellor Angela Merkel a NATO Bill?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 28, 2017

Both German and U.S. government officials deny a media report that President Trump presented Ger ...

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Did Devin Nunes Meet with Michael Flynn and Turkey's Foreign Minister?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 28, 2017

The House Intelligence Committee chair was a speaker at an event for public figures and official ...

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